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Darb starts with ...
Hi all , does anyone have any ideas about which plant would be the worst to live next to. I would like to put some on my Boundry fence

Time: 28th June 2011 6:27pm

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BJ says...
Hahaha, good question Darb. Up here it would be Chinese Elm (3000+ seedlings per year) and running bamboo. But I understand these are much less vigorous in VIC... Any Victorians evil enough to answer this one?

Time: 28th June 2011 7:46pm

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snottiegobble says...
The white poplar (the leaves are silver on the back) grows into a reasonable tree, but it sends out numerous suckers so instead of one attractive tree you will end up with an evergrowing copse! Dirt roads are no barrier, they will pop up on the other side!

Time: 28th June 2011 8:20pm

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amanda says...
Anything u plant Darb - will likely be a problem for you too...?? Sounds like bad karma to me?...lol...

Time: 28th June 2011 8:26pm

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Tom says...
Careful, Darb

Time: 28th June 2011 10:14pm

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snottiegobble says...
Tom, you are probably right, but maybe we need to know what Darb`s neighbour from hell is guilty of!
Noise, offensive behavior, nosy, rude, dogs, etc.etc??

Time: 28th June 2011 11:41pm

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amanda says...
It's a good point Tom. Darb - what do want to achieve here? Your post sounds like u want to vexatious to me?

Time: 29th June 2011 3:21am

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Jason says...
Lord Howe Island fig :)

Time: 29th June 2011 4:24am

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Brendan says...
Male guava tree or Icecream Bean tree.

Time: 29th June 2011 6:55am

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Tom says...
Well, since we're all chipping in (in spite of the possibility by a visit from the local sheriff a few years down the road with an order to trim), how 'bout Lady Finger Bananas? They'll never get all the tubers out (but then, neither will you).

Time: 29th June 2011 8:31am

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Jimmy says...
Oleander, brazillian pepper, \\

www.problemhedges.com.au


leylandii type trees

Time: 29th June 2011 10:25am

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Tom says...
Come on, Amanda - you've got something too - something bad you'd plant for a baaaaad neighbour - what'll it be? Sayin's not doin' - it's just talk and fun (so far).
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Time: 29th June 2011 11:26am

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Phil@Tyalgum says...
In Vic I found the Grey Poplar/Aspen one of the most invasive if that's what you're after.. almost the last straw in deciding to sell the farm. Suckers come up many metres from the parent grove.
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Time: 29th June 2011 12:34pm

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snottiegobble says...
Phyl, that sounds like the same tree! I know they do hybridize, & hell they travel underground like a tube train.

Time: 29th June 2011 1:08pm

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Nick says...
I wouldn't plant something edible if I was you, they might like it ;). I (had) a massive apple tree that overhung my annoying neighbours fence and I often caught her picking some!:P

Time: 29th June 2011 5:40pm

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Julie says...
Tom, I wish the law in WA was the same as in Vic. I have the dreaded Camphor laurel on one boundary and Eucalyptus grandis (6)on the other - neighbour's trees. Between them they have overtaken my 3/4 acre.

I would have to take them to court to get them to do anything. Tact and diplomacy haven't worked.

Time: 29th June 2011 6:25pm

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John Mc says...
Mate, you will never find a more formidable hedge than a Kei Apple, Dovyalis caffra. They can only propagate via birds spreading the seeds if you're in the sub tropics and I have never seen a thorn more nasty than these buggars.
I have used the 50mm long thorns as gramaphone needles in the past.
My tree grew to 3m then got blown over, so I've had to go googling to find a decent photo.

I've looked around for a couple of links:

http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/fruit%20pages/kei.htm

http://www.beautanicals.com.au/Dovyalis%20caffra.html
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Time: 29th June 2011 7:04pm

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Darb says...
Thanks for the info all . Is there one that's smell terrible . It would take me months to type all the stories that have happened so I won't bother ! Just hope they don't buy next to you is all I will say

Time: 29th June 2011 7:41pm

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Mike says...
Stray roots on your side from an unwelcomed boundary tree can be an opportunity for control.All you need is a drill,blackberry killer and a dispenser.Thorny and stinging or vigorous plants will cause as much harm to you as a neighbour.A little bit warmer and some of the thorny options would be great.Stinging tree (Dendrocnides moroides) can survive light frosts as can Calamus motii and it can stay a clump.Naranjillas are a good standard for those seeking discomfort for the unwary.

Time: 29th June 2011 8:02pm

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John Mc says...
I have to start thinking of some kind of barrier along 400m of roadside of my place. Being on a corner block I am exposed to the ever increasing road traffic. As it is, the manderine grove is on the fence line and kids walking past pick and waste a lot of fruit. I don't mind them picking it, there's heaps for everyone, but when I see fruit all over the road, from a manderine fight, it's not good.

The Naranjilla's might be a quick option. I have a Naranjilla grove a couple of years old now and it's fairly impenatrable. I have what seems like two varieties, one has hardly any purple colour in it's leaves and is extremly thorny. They could pave the way for something more durable like the Kei apple which, from experience, was fairly slow growing, but will last over a hundred years.

Time: 29th June 2011 8:59pm

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Nick says...
http://blog.gardenersworld.com/2010/11/26/stinky-plants/. Isn't gingko biloba supposed to smell too?

Time: 29th June 2011 9:01pm

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Mike says...
John,winging your way is a single runty fruit of the mother of all naranjillas.It has a fruit to golf ball size and a slight purple flush on new growth.If you're in the market for spines it could be what you're looking for.

Time: 29th June 2011 9:12pm

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Tom says...
If it

Time: 29th June 2011 9:42pm

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Darb says...
Tom , you have an evil mind !!! The fertilizer combo could be enough to leave my mark , im 100m away so an odd waft wont hurt me so i thank you all for your thoughts again !

Its more about thinking about what you would like to do rather than what you will do !!!

Time: 29th June 2011 10:15pm

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M Nash says...
You could do what I did when I once moved to a new area?
I simply asked my neighbours where the closest rifle range is.
I never heard a pip squeak from them god bless there cotton socks.

Time: 29th June 2011 10:44pm

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Jimmy says...
Joolz

Suprisingly little roundup injected makes them sick and they die over an extended period, ahem I mean dieback is everwhere in Roley, Ahem....

Balckberry tree killer only seems to burn off the leaves where it touches for me.


Time: 30th June 2011 2:07pm

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